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AUGUST 20th through AUGUST 23rd 2015 The 5th Annual NW Round-Up is scheduled for August 20 through August 23, 2015. I have booked three nights. The event will be held at the same location as last year; Mossyrock State Park’s primitive group campsite. All are welcome. Details to follow. Just...

2013 NW Camp-Inn Round UP Just when you thought it was safe to forget about camping and turn your attention to pumpkin pie and eggnog toddies, you have one more camping task to perform before you can drift off to your winter hibernations. You need to provide input as to which dates the 2013...

For anyone who wants to “pimp” their side tent, I highly recommend the Joan bling poles. After coveting them at Mossyrock, I knew I had to have them. They are not cheap but they will last for generations to be handed down as valuable heirlooms. These are the very superior digital tarp poles...

We will be picking up our trailer soon and I have been charting different routes back from Necedah to Seattle. One option we have is to go through Jackson Hole, however, this would require that we cross over Togwotee pass. It is a very high at 9,658, however, beyond that there is not a lot of...

This is an out of the way park. Nice main camp, the group areas are a little isolated. This confusing sign says it all, there several camping sites going on here. This complex is next to the utility group site. I has a bathroom but I think the rest is a service building. Shelter for...

Mayfield is a smaller park, however, the group area is nice. There are no utilities at the group site. At the start of the main campground, group camp is all the way down the road. Closed gate to group camp area. View over group camp lot to shelter and lake. Fire rings are spaced in the...

Not a lot of pictures, nice campsite, no direct view of the lake but it is close. The park does come with a nice dam, it is a dam fine park. View looking into group area. Looking at fancy sign and big grassy area between facilities and group camp. Nice big field. Typical utilities...

The rest of the Mossyrock photos. It might clarify how things are around the group camps. Grassy area near first non-utility group site Another shot of the utility group site. Utilty group camp, to be honest there is more grass near the non-utility group sites. Looking at one end of the...

Picture set from Mossyrock First of the three non-primitive campsites, no utilities. 2nd of three group camps, utilities View of lake from group campgrounds Bathrooms for all group camps. Third of three group camps, no utilities. Kitchen/shelter for group camps. Bath room for...

Humpback whales in SE Alaska spend the summer feeding and they use a technique known as bubble net feeding to do so. They feed as a coordinated group with one whale going around in a circle creating a bubble net around a school of fish while another drives them to the net by “vocalizing.” At...

After inviting ourselves to visit Bear in his natural habitat, we finally got to meet him on Saturday and to actually see a CI tear drop in the wild and learn a few do’s and don’ts. When we arrived we were honored to have ready for us fire (candles), hot chocolate and the rarely seen Bear...

If you leave aluminum alone it oxidizes. This naturally protects the aluminum. I know that Camp-Inn uses brushed aluminum, but I am not sure if it anodized. I am guessing that it isn’t because it requires something to protect it so that it does not stain. Anodizing is a process used to...

It really seems like a good deal. Perhaps CI will follow up on my suggestion for a hot tub option next.

I figured that since I started posting that I had better introduce myself so folks won’t come to the wrong conclusion and think that we are some of those Dutch oven fanatics. My name is Stephen and my wife’s name is Shirley, hence the slumry, the handle works for both of us. I will let her...